During his March 6 Angelus address for the First Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis reflected on Luke 4:1-13, the Gospel reading of the day.

“It is as if [the devil] were saying, ‘If you are Son of God, take advantage of it!,’ Pope Francis said. “How often this happens to us: ‘But if you are in that position, take advantage of it! … It is a seductive proposal, but it leads you to the enslavement of the heart: it makes us obsessed with the desire to have, it reduces everything to the possession of things, power, fame. This is the core of the temptations.”